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        • Extra Pay
        • Annual Bonus
        • Annual Payment
        • Leave Paid Out
        • Arbitration Awards
        • Dividends Subject to Income Tax
        • Restraint of Trade
        • Loss of Income Policy Payout
        • Company Car
        • Company Car Under Operating Lease
        • Accommodation
        • Employee’s Debt Benefit
        • Bursaries and Scholarships
        • Medical Costs (Other than medical scheme)
        • Travel Allowance
        • Subsistence Allowance (International/Local)
        • Expense Claims
        • Relocation Allowance
        • Phone Allowance
        • Computer Allowance
        • Tool Allowance
        • Uniform Allowance
        • Gain on Vesting of Equity Instruments
        • Broad Based Employee Share Plan
        • Medical Aid
          • Medical Tax Credits
        • Retirement Funds
        • Provision for Tax on Annual Bonus
        • Voluntary Tax Over-Deductions
        • Repayment of Advance
        • Garnishee
        • Maintenance Order
        • Staff Purchases
        • Union Membership Fee
        • Income Protection
        • Donations
        • Antedated Salary/Pension
        • Savings
        • Employer Loans
        • Tax Directives – Other
        • Foreign Service Income
        • Termination Lump Sums
        • Long Service Award
      • Custom Items
      • Entering Employee Hours
      • Time and Attendance
        • Clocking Imports
        • Generic CSV Clocking File Specification
        • Notes on Clocking Import Mappings
        • Bulk Inputs
        • Custom Bulk Inputs
        • Bulk Finalise and Review Payslips
        • Managing Once-Off Payslips in Bulk
        • Bulk Leave Management
        • Excel Import for Capturing Leave
        • Excel Import for Leave Take-On Balances
        • Employee Actions (Bulk Terminations)
        • Excel Import for Employee Details
        • Excel Import for Tax Take-On Balances
        • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Pay Runs
        • Payslip Basics
        • Add a Payslip
        • Notes
      • Goal Seek
        • Service Periods
        • Ending an Employee's Service
        • Payments on or after Termination
        • Recording Maternity and Parental Leave / Long-Term Absence
        • Assisting Employees with UIF Claims
        • Termination Preferences
        • Frequently Asked Questions
        • Annual Shutdown
        • Changing Payslip Dates
      • Frequently Asked Questions
        • I am having trouble with a bulk upload
      • Users
        • Add Users
        • Add API Users
        • Edit Users
        • Filtering and Sorting Users
        • Remove Users
        • Roles
        • Edit Roles
        • Restricted Access
        • Switch Between Users with One Email Address
        • Download User Access Report
        • User Access Review Notifications
      • Security
        • 2-Factor Authentication
        • Email OTPs
        • Automatic Logout Settings
        • Support Access
        • Protecting Your Accounts Against Cybercrime
        • I am having trouble logging in
    • Leave Management
        • Overview
        • Annual Leave
        • Sick Leave
        • Family Responsibility Leave
        • Unpaid Leave
        • Maternity Leave
        • Parental and Commissioning Parental Leave
      • Entitlement Policies
        • Creating Entitlement Policies
        • Active Entitlement Policies (Company Defaults)
        • Employee-Specific Leave Management
        • Editing Leave Details
        • Recording Leave
        • Leave Adjustments
        • Deleting Leave
        • Leave on Any Day
        • Leave Take-On Balances
        • Custom Leave Types
      • Leave Version 1 (Old Leave System)
      • Frequently Asked Questions
        • I am unable to action leave requests
        • EMP201s
        • UIF Declarations
        • Bi-Annual Filing
        • Guide to Bi-Annual Employer Reconciliation
      • SARS Tax Codes for Payroll Items
      • SARS Employment Taxes Validation Process
        • What is ETI?
        • Qualifying Employees
        • Employer Qualifying Criteria
        • Qualifying Wage
        • Qualifying Months
        • Claiming ETI
        • ETI System Changes for qualifying months
        • Calculating ETI
        • Special Economic Zones (SEZs)
        • ETI Management on SimplePay
        • ETI Corrections (Over-Claims and Under-Claims)
        • Additional ETI (COVID-19)
      • OID (Workmen's Comp) Return of Earnings
      • Frequently Asked Questions
        • Add Employees
        • Self-Onboarding
        • Employee Classification
        • Basic Info
        • Regular Hours
        • Tax Take-On Balances
        • Custom Employee Fields
        • Skills and Equity
      • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employee Self-Service
        • Enabling Self-Service
        • Self-Service General Settings
        • Approval Groups
        • Managing Employee Leave Requests
        • Managing Employee Claim Requests
        • Managing Employee Info Update Requests
        • Actioning Employee Requests
        • Approval Override
        • Email Tax Certificates
        • Issuing Payslips
        • Completing Your Self-Onboarding
        • Payslips
        • Tax Certificates
        • Managing Your Info Update Requests
          • Managing Your Leave Requests
          • Upload Supporting Documents to Leave Requests
        • Managing Your Claim Requests
        • For Employees
          • I do not see my payslip(s) when logging in
          • I see incorrect / incomplete / no information when logging in
        • For Administrators
      • Managing Companies
        • Transferring a Company to a Different SimplePay Account
      • Account Dashboard
      • Account Settings
      • Reminders
      • Feature Labels
      • Frequently Asked Questions
        • Is there a SimplePay app?
        • What is the Notification Centre?
        • Can you integrate with other systems?
        • Is my data safe with SimplePay?
        • Do I have a contract or agreement with SimplePay?
        • How do I delete/close my account?
        • Does SimplePay provide training for users?
        • How much space does SimplePay make available to me?
        • When can I use Xero or Intuit to sign in?
        • Billing Details
        • Billing Method
        • Client Accounts
        • View Statements or Invoices
        • Switching to Paid
        • Freeze Warnings, Freezes, and Unfreezing Your Account
        • How do I download SimplePay?
    • Reports and Downloads
      • View Reports in Google Sheets
        • Employee Basic Info
        • Transaction History Report
        • Balances – Loans, Savings and Garnishees
        • Payslips
        • Termination Certificates and Salary Schedules
        • Custom Reports
        • Leave Requests
        • Leave Report and Leave Days Report
        • Leave Liabilities
      • Accounting
        • QuickBooks Online
        • Accounting for ETI
          • Xero
          • Troubleshooting Common Xero Errors
          • Accounting Splits
          • Integrating Accounting Splits
          • Using Xero Tracking Categories
          • Posting to Separate Entities
          • Xero Gatekeeper: SimplePay Access Key
        • Frequently Asked Questions
        • Variance Report
        • Employee Changes
      • ETI
      • Quarterly Employment Statistics
        • Employment Equity Terminology
        • Employment Equity Reporting on SimplePay
        • Submitting Employment Equity Reports
        • Allocating Items as Not Applicable, Fixed, or Variable
      • Frequently Asked Questions
        • How do I back up my information?
        • Does SimplePay have a blog?
        • Does SimplePay have a sandbox for testing the API?
        • Employer Details
        • Employer Filing Details
        • MIBFA
        • Bargaining Councils
          • MEIBC
          • PSIRA / NBCPSS
          • Bargaining Council Templates
        • Pay Frequencies
        • EFT Settings
        • Beneficiaries
        • Pay Points
        • Job Grades
        • Payslip Settings
          • Hiding Leave Balances on Payslips
        • Basic Pay Settings
        • Formulas
        • Templates
        • Split Pay for Custom Leave Types into Separate Accounts
      • Payslip Components
      • Statutory Deductions and Contributions
          • PAYE Methods
          • Calculating PAYE on Regular Income
          • Calculating PAYE on Irregular Income
          • Understanding the Tax Trace
          • Tax Averaging vs Periodic Method
        • Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)
        • Skills Development Levy (SDL)
        • Salary Calculations
        • Leave Pay
      • Independent Contractors
      • Non-Standard Employment
      • Tax Directives – Termination
      • Deemed Remuneration
      • Cost to Company
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • How do I contact Support?
      • How do I start a chat with Support?
      • I am not receiving SimplePay emails
      • I can't see the chat widget
      • The queue is full for chat support

    Advanced Options

    Other than the normal integrations with accounting systems, there are also a few advanced options available. Please follow the links below for more information:

    • Accounting Splits
    • Integrating Accounting Splits
    • Using Xero Tracking Categories
    • Posting to Separate Entities
    • Xero Gatekeeper: SimplePay Access Key
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